10 Secrets You Must Know About Job Interview

When you attend a job interview, the first thing you need to know is, the hiring manager is finding something unique in your skills and character which can help for the position he or she will offer for you. So, the recruiter eventually wants to know, who you are.  To find it out the recruiter might not ask about yourself to you directly but he or she may observe you through in a different way. So, to present yourself in a good way, here are few essential things you need to know about the job interviewing process in this competitive job market as reported by Vivian Giang on the Business Insider by compiling the information provided in the book "Crazy Good Interviewing: How Acting A Little Crazy Can Get You The Job," by John B. Molidor and Barbara Parus.

 

10. Don’t Accept if they offer you something to drink:

It is good to reject in a polite manner, if the hiring managers offer you some cold drink or some other beverages to drink at the time of the interview. You need to reject it because you might

accidently spill the drink on the floor or on your attire when your mind is completely concentrating on the questions they might ask you. So, to avoid any further consequences try to reject it in a polite manner and concentrate on what they might ask you or what they start questioning you.

9. Don’t sit until you are asked to sit:

Whenever you enter the interview room, the first thing you need to do is to greet the recruiters sitting in front of you. Then, you shouldn’t take your seat unless and until you are asked to sit as it is a matter of discipline. After you take your seat, you need to make sure that you sit straight as it signifies your confidence level. Don’t ever leave a timid impression in front of them as it can harm your chances of getting a job.

8. Guess the age of your recruiter and answer according to that:

Your recruiter might be of a different generation with different values. So, his or her type of thinking might be entirely different from that of yours. So, as it is you who is in the need of a good job, you must try to change a little bit in the way you think while you answer the questions asked by the hiring manager. By your early conversations with the recruiter before the interviewing session you would have got a little bit hints of what type of a person he or she is and what they might expect from a candidate. So, keeping that in mind, try to answer the questions you are asked.

7. Maintain a good eye contact:

Without a direct eye contact with your recruiters it is difficult to get a job because that may symbolize that you lack confidence. So, in many of the interviewing sessions there may be more than one recruiter where you need to act according to that situation without being nervous. Make sure you answer the question by having the direct eye contact with the person who asked you the question at first and later have a soft eye contact with rest of them while you are answering the question. While ending your response return your eye contact to the recruiter who asked you the question.

6. Don’t let them know that you understood their mind games:

Many recruiters play the mind games in order to test your intelligence level and your reactions. If you give a good response for all the questions then consider that you have passed this acid test and get the offer letter from them. If you deteriorate then the recruiter will surely think that you are not fit for handling difficult situations. So, don’t let your own strategies to get affected by their head games at any cost.

5. Always wear light colored attires:

You need to dress up well every time whenever you are going to attend an interview. So, if you are not sure of what to wear to the interview to look elegant and professional and also not sure about the companies work culture, then always prefer to wear light colored attire and make sure they look professional. You should always choose light colored clothing for an interview because the Dark shades resembles to be too trendy and funky many times.

4. Get to know the messages your hands say:

Whenever we start a conversation with others we won’t just talk without any hand action. So, in the same way we can’t talk during the interview. So, here are few things you need to learn what your hands are saying. Firstly, showing your palm while talking signifies that you are honest in what you are talking, holding your palms down while talking, states that you are dominating kind of a person; pressing your fingertips of your hands together again and again symbolizes that you are confident; folding your arms across your chest shows are very much self-protective and last but not the least putting your hands inside your pocket while talking signifies that you are hiding something. So, take a thorough note of all these things before attending the interview.

3. Figure out the recruiter is an introvert or an extrovert:

Figure out your recruiter’s behavior, whether they are extravert or an introvert and later decide upon your body language in front of them. For example, if your recruiter is an extrovert and like the people who are bold and talkative, then you need to be talkative and boldly answer all the questions. You need to be interactive whenever needed. This doesn’t mean even your insensible talk can fetch you a job; you need to be sensible on what you talk too.

2. You’ll get to know did the interview went well:

You can be able to know about your interview results if the interviewer put his or her phone calls on hold while interacting with you, smiled at you occasionally, exhibited some interest on what you are explaining, inquired about when you can start working for their company, and gave you all the details on benefits of working at their company in the position offered etc.

1. You can also get to know if you are not hired for the job:

You can also get to know if you are not hired if the recruiter cut short the interviewing process in the middle of the interview by saying they will get back to you, if they start attending the phone calls and shuffling their paper works, if there was no discussion about the salary negotiations, asked you to come back for a second interview etc.